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Engineers and signallers of the 25 Brigade stand in a bomb crater near the pylon of a rope bridge at Wairopi. Identified are: QX14351 Corporal Herbert Haylock (second row from the front, first on ..

1942-11-23. THREE VICTORIAN A.I.F. SERGEANTS WHO ESCAPED FROM RABAUL WHEN THE TOWN WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE LAST JANUARY RECENTLY REACHED PORT MORESBY AFTER AN AMAZING 267 DAYS TRIP, DURING ..

1942-12-01. NEW GUINEA. WAIROPI. JAPANESE TROOPS CAME PREPARED TO CROSS THE RIVER BY BOAT. PET. R.H. FORLAND, N.S.W. SITS IN ONE OF THE JAPANESE RUBBER BOATS LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE JAPANESE ..

An Australian soldier wounded in fighting in the Gona area receives treatment before being taken to a dressing station. This photograph was taken less than one hundred yards from Japanese positions

NEW GUINEA. GONA. THESE AUSTRALIANS HAVE JUST COME 100 YARDS BACK FROM THE FRONT LINE FOR FOOD DURING A LULL IN THE FIGHTING. THEY ARE PART OF A COMPANY WHICH HAS BEEN TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHIN ..

NEW GUINEA. A 105MM M-3A1 HOWITZER COMPLETE WITH SPARES, TRACTOR AND AMMUNITION IS UNLOADED SOMEWHERE IN THE BATTLE AREA. THE GUN CREW ALSO CAME WITH THE GUN. PICTURE SHOWS THE BARREL OF THE GUN ..

NEW GUINEA. GONA. CHURCH SERVICE BEFORE GOING INTO BATTLE. PADRE J.B. LYNCH. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)

1942-10-19. ONE OF THE JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS THAT WERE PUT OUT OF ACTION BY THE AUSTRALIANS AT MILNE BAY BEING EXAMINED BY OFFICERS BEFORE BEING SENT ELSEWHERE FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. ..

1942-10-19. THIS PICTURE, TAKEN IN THE KOKODA AREA, SHOWS A GROUP OF A.I.F. MEN IN THEIR TEMPORARY CAMP BESIDE A NATIVE "LEAN-TO" AMID SURROUNDINGS THAT CONTRAST VIVIDLY WITH THOSE THAT THEY KNEW ..

1940-10-29. FUNERAL OF NEW YORK TIMES WAR CORRESPONDENT. BYRON DARNTON, AT THE MILITARY CEMETERY AT PORT MORESBY. (NEGATIVE BY SILK)

1942-10-19. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN INFANTRYMEN ON PATROL IN NEW GUINEA SNATCH A QUICK MEAL THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THEIR NATIVE COOKS. (NEGATIVE BY PARER)

1942-11-11. AUSTRALIAN NURSES RETURN TO NEW GUINEA. WAITING BESIDE THEIR BAGGAGE JUST AFTER DISEMBARKATION AT NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK)